Tanana

[tan-uh-nah, -naw]

noun

plural

Tananas ,

plural

Tanana .

1. a river flowing northwest from eastern Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1,045 km) long.

2. a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.

3. the Athabascan language of the Tanana.

Tanana

/ ˈtænənɑː /

noun

1. a river in central Alaska, rising in the Wrangell Mountains and flowing northwest to the Yukon River. Length: about 765 km (475 miles)

Example Sentences

The study represents another chapter in a longstanding partnership with tribal communities in Alaska's Tanana Valley, where archaeologists have worked since the 1930s, said study co-author Josh Reuther, an archaeologist with the University of Alaska Museum of the North.

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Evelynn Combs, a Healy Lake member, grew up in the Tanana Valley, exploring dig sites as a kid and taking in what she learned from archaeologists.

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The plane landed on a slope above the Tanana River and slid down to the bank, leaving a trail of debris.

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Engram chose sections of eight rivers: the Colville, Noatak, Tanana, Yukon, Kantishna, Innoko, Copper and Kuskokwim, listed here in descending order of latitude.

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After a decline in performance led to fan booing, Hernández poured ice water from a bucket over Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom in March 1988 while the reporter was speaking with Tigers teammate Frank Tanana.

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